Self-Portrait

Name: Self-Portrait
Brand: Vincent van Gogh
Price: 135.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

1887 · Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel · Vincent van Gogh

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Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) in Arber Natural, bedroom — Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Bedroom

Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, living — Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Living room

Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, hotel guest room — Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Hotel guest room

Story

A man with a reddish beard turns his head toward the left side of the frame, set against a background of teal and orange that seems to shift and pulse around him. The painting is a self-portrait made in 1887, rendered in oil on an artist's board that has since been mounted on a cradled panel, and it is held today at the Art Institute of Chicago, having come to the museum through the Joseph Winterbotham Collection. The artist, Vincent van Gogh (1859–1891), painted numerous self-portraits across his career. Looking closely, the brushwork in the backdrop breaks into short, choppy strokes of contrasting color, giving the surface behind the figure a restless, woven quality that pulls attention away from any plain stillness and toward the energy of the paint itself.